Agency Network

Insurance fraud costs you, me, and the rest of the United States approximately $80 billion every year. It’s a big problem, not only for insurance carriers but insurance agents, too.

Insurance Fraud: Unethical or breaking the law? Both. And unfortunately it is becoming more prevalent in the insurance business each year.

As an Insurance Agency Owner, Why Should You Care About Brand Awareness? You want those in your community to know your agency exists and that you can help them. In addition to increasing brand awareness, marketing also informs consumers, builds and nurtures clientele relationships, and draws in a targeted audience.

Lazy. Narcissistic. Entitled. The way they’re often portrayed in the media, it’s no wonder that Millennials sometimes get a bad rap. And while there are of course individual exceptions, these broad generalizations about Millennials simply aren’t true.

Standard agency procedures for handling claims, cancellations. endorsements, renewals, etc. must be established and all agency personnel (including agents) must be made aware of them.

According to Pew Research center, anyone born between 1981 and 1996, who will be ages 22-37 in 2018, is considered a Millennial. As a millennial working in insurance, my age is actually something I avoid bringing up, like the plague.

Getting up and leaving a prospect is almost impossible for a salesperson to consider. Why would you ever want to give the impression that you are going to walk out the door?

A year ago in this magazine, I introduced the most dangerous threat no one is talking about in the insurance industry—cybersecurity—and why that was great news for your business. For every four business owners who walk into your agency, three will not be protected against cybersecurity risks.

Life insurance is important…we all know that. Life insurance rates have gone down significantly over the past 10 years as people live longer…many of us know that. Now life insurance is easier to transact… I know some of us might even challenge that one.

The stock market has climbed to new heights over the last few months. Recently, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed over 26,000 points, a record high. While this is great news for the country, it overshadows some serious challenges the insurance industry faces.

Many independent insurance agents, both new to the industry and established agents, at some point find themselves asking the question: “Should I join an aggregator or agency network?”

Many independent insurance agents, both new to the industry and established agents, at some point find themselves asking the question: “Should I join an aggregator or agency network?”